With a sprained left ankle immobilized by a cold bubble wrap, Chester Pitts was among the last players to leave the locker room Sunday, but he scoffed at the notion his streak of 109 consecutive games started might be in jeopardy against the Titans Sunday.

“No chance,” he said. “I wouldn’t call it minor – I definitely felt this thing – but as long as I’m breathing I’ll start.”

Pitts expressed frustration at how the Texans botched some scoring opportunities with four turnovers – “We find ways to goof it up in the red zone, don’t we?” — but concluded, “Lambeau in December . . . 550 yards . . . It’s definitely one of my top five (wins). I’ll take it.”

Dirty job

Equipment manager Jay Brunetti said the hard part is ahead for him this week after he “brought the house” to Green Bay hoping to keep the Texans comfortable, if not exactly warm, in Sunday’s frigid weather.

Brunetti contends the number of clothing items that must be sorted and washed will be “10 times” that of a home game. But he added that Sunday’s outcome figures to have him whistling while he works.

Sleeves shunned

All the Texans’ skill position players and offensive linemen opted go sleeveless despite the single-digit temperatures.

Although Andre Johnson warmed up wearing sleeves, he changed his mind, saying: “I went out for warmups and my hands were freezing and my ears were freezing. I came back in thinking, ‘Man this (is much worse than Cleveland), but once it got down to game time, I cut the sleeves off. I was pumped. I went out there and played like it was a normal day.”

Each had his moments, too. The 40-year-old Turk scrambled 18 yards for a first down after a punt block seemed imminent. Leach, making a strong bid to go to the Pro Bowl, snared a key 22-yard reception on the drive that led to Kris Brown’s winning field goal and Daniels had six catches for 65 yards, including the 27-yard gain that set Brown up for his 40-yarder as time expired.

Daniels’ day didn’t start so well, though. He was stripped of the football at the Packers’ 1 early in the second quarter.

“Going down there (into the red zone) and then turning it over has hurt us all season,” he said. “At least I redeemed myself.”

Leach had returned to Green Bay, where he spent his first three NFL seasons, for a game during his brief stay as a New Orleans Saint but wasn’t active. For the Texans he caught three passes, almost as many as he had as a Packer (five) in 16 games in 2005.

“It was nice to show them off how I’ve progressed, that I’m not just a blocking fullback,” Leach said.

NcNair delighted

In the locker room afterwards, Bob McNair admitted he was so excited about having just beaten Green Bay he hadn’t considered how, in combination with the victory over Jacksonville in the franchise’s first Monday night game, he’d probably just experienced his best week ever as an owner.

“To see us come of age the way we have is really encouraging,” he said. “This was really a great test for us. I felt we’d have to come in here and not have any turnovers to win. But we had a minus-three and still won. That’s pretty phenomenal.”